Pressing pad



M. J. METZLER PREssI'NG .PAD

Jan. 6. 1925. f 15225023 'Filed June 21, 19,21 4 d INVENTOR 2 haa?, 2mg@ M ATTORNEYS TEO Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

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MICHAEL JOHN METZLEB, OFBOCHESTEB, YOBK rnnssrne Plan.

applicati@ nea June 21, regi. "serial in). 479,405.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. METZLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing Pads, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to pressing pads and more particularly to the type designed for positioning on pressing boards for the purpose of pressing those portions of the garment which it is impossible to press upon the flat face of the board, an object of this invention being to produce a pad which will permit the pressing of any portion of a nians coat and particularly the type having form fit sides.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features beingl pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the pad;

Fig. 2 is an edge view;

Fig. 3 is a View of one end of the pad;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a plan. view of one of the side pieces of the pad;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the edge piece; and

Fig.K 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 1.

The pad is constructed of two facing pieces l and an edge strip 2, the ,facing pieces being secured to opposite edges of the edge strip by seams 3 and the whole en closing a filler 4 of soft yielding material. rI`he facing pieces have on opposite sides, recessed portions l2L and from these recessed portions the edges converge at lb toward acurved end 1. On the opposite sides of the recessed portions, the edges of the facing pieces diverge at 1d to a wide curved end portion le. The edge strip 2 unites the entire side edges of the two facing pieces 1 and this strip is of uniform width. In order to restrict the width of the strip 2 at the recess portions 1c, the facing pieces are secured to the strip 2 at the recessed portions along lines 2a which are closer together than the seams throughout the greater portions of the strip. This produces a thinner and more curved effect at the recessed portions 1a. The edge strip 2 is also slit at the point 1c and the walls of the slit arel secured together to produce a seam 2b. This causes a thinner and more pointed end on the pad.

The coat is pressed by bringing the side seams alternately against opposite sides of the pad so that the coat lies in contact at thel side seams with the sides of the pad. After the side seams have been pressed, the narrow end 1c is introduced in the shoulders of the coat and the shoulders pressed over said narrow end. The collar is pressed by fitting it about the larger or wider end le. back of the coat, of course, may be pressed upon the Hat faces of the pad, as may also the front of the coat.

Freni the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a pad which has a recess in opposite sides nearer one end than the other. The sides converge from the recesses toward the nearer end and diverging from the recesses toward the other end. The pad is thinner at the nearer end and at opposite ends to the recess than at the other portions of such pad. This arrangement permits the pressing of a form t coat in an effective manner as portions of the coa-t which have been heretofore difficult to press may be readily pressed.

What I claim. as my invention and desire to secure by Lette-rs Patent is:

l. A pressing pad having recesses in opposite sides, nearer one end of the pad than the other, the sides of the pad converging toward the nearer end and diverging toward the farther end and opposite faces of the pad between the diverging sides being substantially flat.

2. A pressing pad having recesses in opposite sides, nearer one end of the pad than the other, the edges of the pad converging toward the nearer end and diverging towar the other end, and the nearer end being thinner than the farther end andthe pad also being thinner on opposite sides at the recesses than at those portions of the sides away from the recesses and the opposite faces of the pad being substantially flat from the recesses to the farther end.

3. A pressing pad comprising two facing pieces, each provided with recesses in opposite edges nearer one end of the facing pieces than the other, the opposite edges of the facing' pieces converging from said recesses toward the nearer end and diverging from said recesses toward the farther end The v and the opposite faces of the pad being substantially flat from the recesses to the farther end.

4. A pressing pad comprising two facing pieces, each provided With recesses in opposite edges nearer one end of the facing pieces than the other, the opposite edges of the facing pieces converging from. said recesses toward the nearer end and diverging from said recesses toward the farther end 10 and the opposite faces of the pad between the diverging edges and the farther end being substantially flat, an edge strip uniting the facing pieces, said'edg'estrip being narrower at the recesses and at the end nearer i5 the recesses than at its other portions.

Mrc'HAEL JOHN METZLER. 

